Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-04-30
REPLIES.
A.swsu .ts All Sorts of Inquiries Con.
 sernIng Tucson.

A.s~srs.tS All Sorts of Inquiries Con
 sernInE Tucson.
 The CITIZEN almost daily receives let ters of inquiry concerning Tucson and it's surrounding country. and & general answer thereto, the following synopsis of facts is given, inasmuch as II Is found impossible to make a detaIled written reply ID each case. Any special IniOrms- ton desired will be cheertully gwen .O correspondents:
 There is no more heslthiul place in tbe United States, especially for those suffering with lung troubles.
 2-Fhere are no distiDctively local diseases. Slight functional troubles re- suit from imprudence and eIcesses as well here as elsewhere, but the climate Is in novise responsible therefor. 3.-The surrounding country enjoys the same healthful conditions that exist in the city.
 1.-The highest average temperature recorded during any summer WAS m 1873. The mooth of July that year gAco 90.41 degrees st Q. m.; 103.S6 at 2 D. m-; SA51 st g D. ma mean tempe rature of S9.59 degrees. The lowest temperature during that year vas in January, the average at a. m. being 36 29 degrees; 6y.61 at p. nn., and 49.s3 at 3 p. ma mean temperature of 5I69 degrees. This was an extreme and unusual year, and the record WAS taken by the United States Signal Ser vice officer, in this city. While the registered temperature IS apparently hNarh kha af Inn nh haze "a an lhnrnrnerh ly devoId of moisture that the heat is not oppressive and sultry day IS al most unknown. The nights are always cool and pleasant. and refreshing sleep IS never interrupted by oppressive heat, The average annual temperature may be safely estimated at 70 degrees. Its win ter climate. and Tn fact, it's general ell mate, emitting three summer months, IS as near delightful perfection ss can possibly exist.
 6-The air is neither brscing nor depressing in an unqualified sense. It is the happy medium between these qualities, and one can select either by choosing the altitude of his residence. Tucson is 24S0 feet above sea level. and adjacent mountains range all the way up to 10000 feet.
 6-The pursuits outside the city are chiefly mining and stock raising. while along the water courses considerable farming is being done with the most en- cOuraging results. No better fruit coun- try exists and the grape hOurishes es- pecislly well.
 Upon the east and south of the city an unbroken plain stretches away sboutten or twelve miles tO the noun tains, but on the west low mountain ranges and rolling hills with intermedi- ate valleys, exist.
 8-It slopes gradually Co the north, the say sixty feet to the mile, towards Glla river which crosses the territory from east to west, emptyIng into the Colorado river near Yuma.
 9-Adobe and brick are used for building, chiefly, and building is not eX- pensive with either material. With lumber the cost will be greater owing to, it's long and expensive transportation by rail.
 1O-No violent storms occur. Some times a sudden thunder shower of con siderable severity occurs, but as a rule hard storms seldom happen, Once or twice a year a ssud storm sweeps across from the California deserts, and pro duces sn extremely disagreeable effect for the time 1t lasts, but it IS no worse than many of the indictment days that 60 often prevail in more. northern lsti tudes, and 1t is said that the sanitary effect of these sand storms give them more the character of blessings than of undesirable ylsitstions. Tho rains fall usually during the winter months and again during the summer months; very | seldom in the spring or fall. 1.-The water IS good. but IS slightly impregnsted with slksli, and not un- wholesome. IL Is obtained from flow | ing springs few miles south of the ! oity. along the river. and 1t is conveyed | to the city ID closed mains. There IS a possibility of a supply of mountain wa | ter being brought from the Santa Csts- | linas, s distance of twelve miles. l2-rhe schools are numerous and ex- cellent; the public school is very eff cieut snd thorough. and is graded. The Territorial University IS located close to the city and will be constructed forth with.
 | I3-Tucson is situated on the South ern Pacific railway, about seventy miles north of the Mexican boundary line. IL is the metropolis of the southern DOT ton of the territory and is the largest city. containing about 5000 inhabitants. | It has ice works, four mills, breweries, wagon shops, machine shops, gas works, water works, opera house, four churches, several hotels, two 'isily newspapers. a dozen secret societies. a fine court house and city buildings. pubhc libra ' ry. railroad shops. lire companies, the usual number of commercial establish ments of sll kinds and professional men. | Fort Lowell is distant six miles. | prieaa Dadu.aI